ASVAB - ARITHMETIC REASONING EXAM QUESTIONS

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ASVAB - ARITHMETIC REASONING EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: 1:4

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A structure in a 1:20 scale drawing has a height of 36 cm. If the ratio of the height of the structure to the width is 4:1, what is the width of the structure, to the nearest tenth of a meter?

Question 2: 264 gallons

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Two tanks are each partially filled with 96 gallons of water. Tank A is 4/5 full and Tank B is 2/3 full. What is the maximum amount of water that can be held in both tanks together

Question 3: $1.30

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A student bought a sandwich for 80 cents, milk for 20 cents and pie for 30 cents. How much did the meal cost?

Question 4: $625

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If an employee invests 5% of his pre-tax salary into a retirement plan, the company will match 25% of that amount. How much will the company contribute to the plan if the employee earns $50,000 before tax?

Question 5: 15%

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A music concert is 3 hrs long. During the concert there is one 27 minute intermission. What percentage of the concert is the intermission?

Question 6: $850

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Sophie has budgeted 25% of her net income to spend on rent. If she knows she will bring home $40,800 a year, what can she plan on spending for rent each month?

Question 7: 15

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A technician uses 12 1/2 yards of copper wire to make coils for an experiment. If 5/6 of a yard of wire is needed for each coil, how many complete coils can the technician make?

Question 8: 52 1/15

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A friend gives a neighbor 13 2/3 feet of twine from a brand new pool leaving 38 2/5 of twine on the spool. How many total feet of 5/2 twine were originally on the spool?

Question 9: 16%

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A sold out concert hall seated a total of 8,000 people. If there were 1,400 children and 5,000 men seated, what percentage of seats were occupied by women?

Question 10: 32 sq ft

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Sherlyn has a small rectangular garden plot that has a 24-foot perimeter.The width of the garden is exactly 1/2 of its length. What is the area of Sherlyn's garden in square feet?

Question 11: 31

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A wooden box is 1 foot high, 3 feet wide, and 5 feet long. Bob s going to use it as a table top and plans to plant the 4 sides and top. How many square feet will be painted?

Question 12: 552 sq in

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What is the Surface area (SA) of a box that is 8 inches wide, 12 in long, and 9 in tall?

Question 13: 6.5%

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A house sold for $480,000, and the realtor received a $31,200 commission. What percent of the selling price did the realtor earn?

Question 14: 150

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A local paving company has contracted to pave a Parkin lot that is 180 ft long and 100 ft wide. One drum of paving asphalt mix will cover 120 square feet. How many drums of paving asphalt mix should the paving company deliver?

Question 15: 8hrs, 6 min

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A photocopy machine can copy 24 pgs per min. How long will it take the machine to make 36 copies of 324 page documents?

Question 16: 84

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At an airport , 25% of flights arrive from within the state, 35% from out of state, and the rest from other countries. How many flights arrived from out of state , if a total of 240 flights arrived?